EfeSearch - Efe Search The Net http://www.efesearch.info Tue, 13 May 2008 21:42:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 en Cisco expands TelePresence offering http://www.efesearch.info/cisco-expands-telepresence-offering/ http://www.efesearch.info/cisco-expands-telepresence-offering/#comments Tue, 13 May 2008 21:42:44 +0000 admin http://www.efesearch.info/cisco-expands-telepresence-offering/ NEW YORK (Reuters) - Network equipment maker Cisco Systems Inc on Monday unveiled an expansion of its high-end video conferencing series to include a simpler, cheaper version as well as one targeting big groups.

]]> http://www.efesearch.info/cisco-expands-telepresence-offering/feed/ International task force on global food crisis opens new website - UN http://www.efesearch.info/international-task-force-on-global-food-crisis-opens-new-website-un/ http://www.efesearch.info/international-task-force-on-global-food-crisis-opens-new-website-un/#comments Tue, 13 May 2008 21:41:07 +0000 admin http://www.efesearch.info/international-task-force-on-global-food-crisis-opens-new-website-un/ After holding its first meeting this week in New York, the new international task force on the global food crisis, which is chaired by United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, has opened a new website to provide updates on its activities.

]]> http://www.efesearch.info/international-task-force-on-global-food-crisis-opens-new-website-un/feed/ Refugees can resume returning to Afghanistan from Pakistan - UN http://www.efesearch.info/refugees-can-resume-returning-to-afghanistan-from-pakistan-un/ http://www.efesearch.info/refugees-can-resume-returning-to-afghanistan-from-pakistan-un/#comments Tue, 13 May 2008 21:41:07 +0000 admin http://www.efesearch.info/refugees-can-resume-returning-to-afghanistan-from-pakistan-un/ After security concerns prompted the United Nations to suspend assistance to Afghan refugees who are voluntarily returning to their home country from Peshawar in Pakistan, the UN refugee agency announced today that it will reopen its voluntary repatriation centre (VRC) in the city.

]]> http://www.efesearch.info/refugees-can-resume-returning-to-afghanistan-from-pakistan-un/feed/ Ban Ki-moon ‘deeply disappointed’ at continuing violence in Darfur http://www.efesearch.info/ban-ki-moon-%c2%91deeply-disappointed%c2%92-at-continuing-violence-in-darfur/ http://www.efesearch.info/ban-ki-moon-%c2%91deeply-disappointed%c2%92-at-continuing-violence-in-darfur/#comments Tue, 13 May 2008 21:41:07 +0000 admin http://www.efesearch.info/ban-ki-moon-%c2%91deeply-disappointed%c2%92-at-continuing-violence-in-darfur/ Ongoing military activities by Darfur’s rebel groups as well as reprisal actions by the Sudanese Government and its allied militia are costing lives and limiting humanitarian operations in the strife-torn region, the United Nations Secretary-General says today.

]]> http://www.efesearch.info/ban-ki-moon-%c2%91deeply-disappointed%c2%92-at-continuing-violence-in-darfur/feed/ Bosnian Croat commander jailed by UN tribunal to serve time in Italy http://www.efesearch.info/bosnian-croat-commander-jailed-by-un-tribunal-to-serve-time-in-italy/ http://www.efesearch.info/bosnian-croat-commander-jailed-by-un-tribunal-to-serve-time-in-italy/#comments Tue, 13 May 2008 21:41:07 +0000 admin http://www.efesearch.info/bosnian-croat-commander-jailed-by-un-tribunal-to-serve-time-in-italy/ A Bosnian Croat military commander, found guilty of committing crimes against Bosnian Muslims in the area around Mostar, was today transferred to a jail in Italy to serve out the remainder of his 18-year sentence, the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) announced.

]]> http://www.efesearch.info/bosnian-croat-commander-jailed-by-un-tribunal-to-serve-time-in-italy/feed/ UN official welcomes new economic measures for occupied Palestinian territory http://www.efesearch.info/un-official-welcomes-new-economic-measures-for-occupied-palestinian-territory/ http://www.efesearch.info/un-official-welcomes-new-economic-measures-for-occupied-palestinian-territory/#comments Tue, 13 May 2008 21:41:07 +0000 admin http://www.efesearch.info/un-official-welcomes-new-economic-measures-for-occupied-palestinian-territory/ A new package of economic measures aimed at improving the economic situation for Palestinians, announced by Tony Blair, the Representative for the Middle East diplomatic Quartet, has been welcomed today by a top United Nations official in the region.

]]> http://www.efesearch.info/un-official-welcomes-new-economic-measures-for-occupied-palestinian-territory/feed/ ‘Second catastrophe’ faces Myanmar without more access for aid - UN http://www.efesearch.info/%c2%91second-catastrophe%c2%92-faces-myanmar-without-more-access-for-aid-un/ http://www.efesearch.info/%c2%91second-catastrophe%c2%92-faces-myanmar-without-more-access-for-aid-un/#comments Tue, 13 May 2008 21:41:07 +0000 admin http://www.efesearch.info/%c2%91second-catastrophe%c2%92-faces-myanmar-without-more-access-for-aid-un/ Unless more access to the country is granted to allow aid more quickly, a second catastrophe could result, Elizabeth Byrs of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said in Geneva today.

]]> http://www.efesearch.info/%c2%91second-catastrophe%c2%92-faces-myanmar-without-more-access-for-aid-un/feed/ UN stands ready to help victims of China’s deadly earthquake http://www.efesearch.info/un-stands-ready-to-help-victims-of-china%c2%92s-deadly-earthquake/ http://www.efesearch.info/un-stands-ready-to-help-victims-of-china%c2%92s-deadly-earthquake/#comments Tue, 13 May 2008 21:41:07 +0000 admin http://www.efesearch.info/un-stands-ready-to-help-victims-of-china%c2%92s-deadly-earthquake/ The United Nations is prepared to assist the Chinese Government help the victims of yesterday’s deadly earthquake in the southwest of the country.

]]> http://www.efesearch.info/un-stands-ready-to-help-victims-of-china%c2%92s-deadly-earthquake/feed/ ‘Billion Tree Campaign’ blossoms to seven times its size, UN agency says http://www.efesearch.info/%c2%91billion-tree-campaign%c2%92-blossoms-to-seven-times-its-size-un-agency-says/ http://www.efesearch.info/%c2%91billion-tree-campaign%c2%92-blossoms-to-seven-times-its-size-un-agency-says/#comments Tue, 13 May 2008 21:41:07 +0000 admin http://www.efesearch.info/%c2%91billion-tree-campaign%c2%92-blossoms-to-seven-times-its-size-un-agency-says/ A grassroots campaign to plant trees around the globe has announced that it is raising its target from 1 billion trees to 7 billion trees, the United Nations announced today.

]]> http://www.efesearch.info/%c2%91billion-tree-campaign%c2%92-blossoms-to-seven-times-its-size-un-agency-says/feed/ UN refugee chief to head to Yemen http://www.efesearch.info/un-refugee-chief-to-head-to-yemen/ http://www.efesearch.info/un-refugee-chief-to-head-to-yemen/#comments Tue, 13 May 2008 21:41:07 +0000 admin http://www.efesearch.info/un-refugee-chief-to-head-to-yemen/ United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) António Guterres will embark on a five-day mission to Yemen tomorrow to assess the agency's efforts to help refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs) first-hand.

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